Job 4:5
But now it is come upon thee, and thou grievest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
In Context
4Thy words have upholden him that was stumbling, and thou hast braced up the bending knees:
6Hath not thy piety been thy confidence, and the perfection of thy ways thy hope?
Cross References
Job 1:11But put forth thy hand now and touch all that he hath, [and see] if he will not curse thee to thy face!
Job 3:25For I feared a fear, and it hath come upon me, and that which I dreaded hath come to me.
Job 19:21Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Proverbs 24:10[If] thou losest courage in the day of trouble, thy strength is small.
2 Corinthians 4:16Wherefore we faint not; but if indeed our outward man is consumed, yet the inward is renewed day by day.
Hebrews 12:5And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: My son, despise not [the] chastening of [the] Lord, nor faint [when] reproved by him;
Matthew Henry on Job 4:2-7
The Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? 3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. 4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. 5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. 6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the… Read the whole commentary →